minimization



belittling, depreciation, disparagement ,

   planet - Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, asteroid, globe, inferior planet, major planet, minor planet, planetoid, secondary planet, solar system, superior planet,

   unaffected - Bohemian, Spartan, adamant, aesthetic, affable, artistic, artless, ascetic, austere, authentic, bald, bare, bucolic, candid, card-carrying,

   smattering of ignorance - glimmering, glimpse, shallowness, smattering, superficiality ,

   confraternity - affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, association, brotherhood, cahoots, club, coalition, combination, companionship, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, consolidation,

   port tack - left, left wing, liberal, port, radical, rigging, rope, verso ,

   underground route - back door, back stairs, back way, escape hatch, side door, underground ,

   relic - Holy Grail, Methuselah, account, ancient manuscript, annals, antediluvian, antique, antiquity, archaism, ark, artefact, back number, beads, candle, catalogue,

   attracted to - approaching, approximate, attracted, coming, forthcoming, imminent, near, nearing, oncoming, proximate, to come, upcoming ,

   fugue form - arrangement, design, form, model, pattern ,

   aglow - ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, ardent, bathed with light, beaming, bespangled, blazing, blushing, bright and sunny, brightened, burning, candlelit, enlightened,